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I didn't read every post so I'm sure it's been mentioned: The flu showed up early and often and the vaccine could be in short supply. If you need the shot or have friends/family that do, I suggest not waiting.

Disclaimer: I may have played doctor at one time or another but I have zero qualifications with regards to being an actual doctor. ;)

I didn't read every post so I'm sure it's been mentioned: The flu showed up early and often and the vaccine could be in short supply. If you need the shot or have friends/family that do, I suggest not waiting.

Disclaimer: I may have played doctor at one time or another but I have zero qualifications with regards to being an actual doctor. ;)

Didn't you once stay at a Holiday inn the same night that a doctor was staying there?

The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.

Didn't you once stay at a Holiday inn the same night that a doctor was staying there?

No, he stayed in a room a doctor was in the week before.

It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi

Originally Posted by Carol

When I judge someone's integrity one key thing I look at is - How does s/he treat people s/he doesn't agree with or does not like?
I can respect someone who I do not agree with, but I have NO respect for someone who puts others down in a public forum. That is the hallmark of someone who has no integrity, and cannot be trusted.

I used to be skepical of the flu shot for years. I heard the natural health professionals say it was posion, others say it made them sick, and others say they had a sore arm.

I've had the shot for the past four years, including one year a seperate shot for H1N1.

I enjoy the overtime at work when others come down with the flu and I am still healthy. Two yeas ago, a couple co-workers ended up with H1N1, young children and a school teacher were involved in how it started to spread. They looked like the walking dead.

Others say the flu shot is just a way for big PHARM (those evil corporations) to make money. I promise you one thing, more money is made, when you get sick, go to the doctor, and they write you an RX, especially if it's brand name Tamiflu that only works if you start taking it by day two of the the flu. Tamilflu has a high co payment under most insurance plans, when pharmacies run out of it, it has to be compounded (especially for children into liquid) then the insurance companies do not like to pay for it. It might take a day for it to get approved, unless you have the $400 to pay cash for it.

Immunizations are usually covered at a zero co pay under your plan. I think they are a good idea. I often have to take care of my mother, and I am no good to her, if I have the flu. Her health prevents her from getting the shot (she had Gullian Barre when she was in her 40's which made her temporarily paralyzed for a few weeks, at the time the doctors had no clue.)

I not only get the flu shot for myself, I get it for the benefit of those that I am around. I would like to think getting the flu shot is one less chance a person I come into contact with has the chance of getting sick.

I know some people do not like the shot, and that is the shot you must take in the dark.

I used to be skepical of the flu shot for years. I heard the natural health professionals say it was posion, others say it made them sick, and others say they had a sore arm.

I've had the shot for the past four years, including one year a seperate shot for H1N1.

I enjoy the overtime at work when others come down with the flu and I am still healthy. Two yeas ago, a couple co-workers ended up with H1N1, young children and a school teacher were involved in how it started to spread. They looked like the walking dead.

Others say the flu shot is just a way for big PHARM (those evil corporations) to make money. I promise you one thing, more money is made, when you get sick, go to the doctor, and they write you an RX, especially if it's brand name Tamiflu that only works if you start taking it by day two of the the flu. Tamilflu has a high co payment under most insurance plans, when pharmacies run out of it, it has to be compounded (especially for children into liquid) then the insurance companies do not like to pay for it. It might take a day for it to get approved, unless you have the $400 to pay cash for it.

Immunizations are usually covered at a zero co pay under your plan. I think they are a good idea. I often have to take care of my mother, and I am no good to her, if I have the flu. Her health prevents her from getting the shot (she had Gullian Barre when she was in her 40's which made her temporarily paralyzed for a few weeks, at the time the doctors had no clue.)

I not only get the flu shot for myself, I get it for the benefit of those that I am around. I would like to think getting the flu shot is one less chance a person I come into contact with has the chance of getting sick.

I know some people do not like the shot, and that is the shot you must take in the dark.

Well said. A former coworker lived her life carelessly. I had an email from her today. She was wailing about how sick she was, going into all the gory details of how she was having the "problems" on both ends. I asked if she had the flu shot. Of course she just got it last week, too late to do much good. Somehow I wasn't surprised.

We both got the flu shot. SR so far has been fine. I was laid up almost a week, starting NY Eve, but the doc said I didn't have the flu, but a weird virus that was going around. But it wasn't as bad as the flu.

My theory is we must do what we can to protect ourselves and to care for those around us. Those flu shots weren't in short supply. There's not much of an excuse to not get one.

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